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140,414 works

Woodblock print of a crowded Edo-period street with townhouses, lanterns, and figures in kimono, with fields beyond.

Perspective picture of famous places of Japan: Nakanocho in Shin-Yoshiwara

Utagawa Toyoharu, 1775

Japanese woodblock print of three women in patterned kimono on a wooden bench beneath a noren curtain.

The Courtesan Segawa of Matsuba-ya

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1801

Woodblock print of a boy playing flute on a spotted ox under willow branches, with another boy in red holding its rope.

Transformed grasscutter Sanro

Ishikawa Toyomasa, 1764

Colour woodblock print of townspeople walking a riverside railing beside a busy waterway filled with boats.

A view of Nakazu

Utagawa Toyoharu, 1772

Black and white Japanese woodblock print of a two-story building with lattice windows and figures in kimono on the street bel

Edochō, Shin-Yoshiwara

Okumura Masanobu, 1890

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in green kimono adjusting her hair beside a child, with calligraphy and a river vignette.

Tama River at Ide

Kikukawa Eizan, 1804

Woodblock print of two women in a boat on water, one playing a lute, under a crescent moon and clouds.

Genji ukifune

Okumura Masanobu, 1742

Grey monochrome print of a rooster and hen with a small chick at lower right, on pale paper.

Hen and chick

Utagawa Toyohiro, 1804

Woodblock print of a standing kabuki-style figure in a long robe holding a fan and a parasol, in pink and tan tones.

The actor Iwai Hanshirō

Katsukawa Shunshō, 1777

Woodblock print of a torii gate, pine trees and travelers with umbrellas along a town street of wooden shops.

Yokkaichi

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1848

Woodblock print of a river crossing with wading figures, porters, pine trees and a mountain under a warm sky.

Odawara

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1848

Red and green 1936 poster for Yiddish and English performances of "The Treasure" at the Musart Theatre, with dates and WPA em

"The treasure" by David Pinsky, directed by Adolph Freeman

David Pinski, 1936

Woodblock print of travelers on a rocky mountain path with pines, overlooking a lake and distant mountains at dusk.

Hakone

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1848

Woodblock print of travelers around a fire beneath windswept pine trees on a green coastal road, by Utagawa Hiroshige.

Hamamatsu

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1848

Poster of a soldier leaping before an explosion with two marching soldiers behind him, promoting war stamps and bonds.

He gives 100%, you can lend 10% Buy war stamps & bonds /

John McCrady, 1941

Sketch of sheep grazing on a hillside, drawn in graphite and white chalk on brown paper.

Sheep

Winslow Homer, 1878

Pen and grey wash drawing of a banquet with reclining guests, servants, draped curtains and urns in a classical interior.

Feast in the House of Simon

Melchior Steidl, 1699 or before

Pen and ink drawing of a temple interior with a priest, a lamb on an altar, and a crowd of robed men.

Joachim's Offering Refused

Jan Wellens de Cock, early 16th century

Drawing of a bearded landsknecht soldier carrying a large barrel on his shoulder, with a sword at his hip, on reddish paper.

Landsknecht Carrying a Barrel

Georg Lemberger, late 15th-mid-16th century

Head of a Satyr Facing Left

Jusepe de Ribera, ca. 1625-30

Standing Gentleman, three-quarter length profile facing right

Anne-Louis Girodet, n.d.

Pen and brown wash drawing of nude figures gathered among tall trees in a wooded landscape.

The Judgment of Paris

Abraham Bloemaert, late 16th-mid-17th century

Brown wash drawing of an ornamental frieze with scrolling foliage, grotesque figures, and an empty oval cartouche.

Ornamental Frieze

Lelio Orsi, 1511-87

Brown wash drawing of a kneeling saint in an arched ruin, tormented by a horned winged demon, with a large tree at right.

The Temptation of Saint Anthony

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Judgment of Solomon with a seated king, a raised sword, and a kneeling woman.

The Judgment of Solomon

Giuseppe Passeri, 1654-1714

Pen and brown wash drawing of the Presentation of the Virgin climbing temple steps, with Abraham and Isaac in the upper trian

Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple (below), Abraham about to Sacrifice Isaac (above)

Perino del Vaga, 1520

Black chalk study of a reclining headless male nude over drapery, with a small blue sheet of a female figure pasted at lower

The Reclining Headless Body of Holofernes; Study of Female Semi-Nude Figure (on a small separate, unrelated sheet of…

Guido Reni, 1625-40

Brown ink and wash drawing of Hector embracing Andromache as a nurse holds a frightened infant in a colonnaded hall.

Hector taking leave of Andromache: the Fright of Astyanax

Benjamin West, 1766

Pen and ink figure studies on brown paper: a bearded man, a seated draped woman, and flying putti.

Studies of Figures

Parmigianino, 16th century

Pen and wash drawing of Christ gesturing at a column as men carry a struggling figure through a crowded classical street.

Christ Healing a Possessed Man

Aureliano Milani, 1675-1749

Pen and brown ink landscape drawing of a village with rooftops and a tower, with shrubs, tree stumps and a goat in the foregr

Landscape with a Goat

Titian, 1500-11

Grey graphite drawing of the Virgin and Child in clouds above a robed saint and kneeling figures looking upward.

The Virgin Appearing to Saint Joseph Calasanctius

Marco Caprinozzi, 1711-78